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How the hunger for a new weight loss drug is feeding an industry of fakes
Counterfeit versions of a drug which is still in clinical trials are flooding the black market.
The Global Story
The US is an outlier in its approach to prosecuting infanticide. Why?
Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days
A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
New GP and wellbeing hub 'a major milestone'
The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.
Reduction in sample recollection number following the implementation of automated pre-analytical interference detection in coagulation testing
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundPre-analytical interferents such as hemolysis, lipemia, and icterus are major sources of error in coagulation testing and frequently lead to sample recollection. Visual inspection, although widely used, is subjective and may fail to identify ...
BackgroundPre-analytical interferents such as hemolysis, lipemia, and icterus are major sources of error in coagulation testing and frequently lead to sample recollection. Visual inspection, although widely used, is subjective and may fail to identify ...
Machine learning for the identification of mild to moderate EDTA contamination of serum samples
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundK2EDTA contamination of serum samples is a preanalytical error that poses a risk to patient safety. Contamination is most frequently mild to moderate, which standard detection procedures often miss. We examined whether machine learning models ...
BackgroundK2EDTA contamination of serum samples is a preanalytical error that poses a risk to patient safety. Contamination is most frequently mild to moderate, which standard detection procedures often miss. We examined whether machine learning models ...
Chasing a perfect sleep score? You could be making it worse
The things you're doing to make your sleep better could actually be making your sleep worse.
Ryan Jones: Unbreakable
Rugby legend Ryan Jones talks candidly about his early-onset dementia diagnosis.
Moral Maze
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'
A consultant tells the Scotcast podcast that A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'.
Social media 'spiral' found after sister's death
A woman whose 13-year-old sister took her own life says the "spiral that she was going through" was evident from her social media history.
Former nurse dies amid dementia drug shortages
Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.
Heart trial after breast cancer has 'improved my life'
Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.
Families hit by long waits for dementia diagnosis
Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.
Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers
The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.
Rising numbers of children in mental health crisis ending up in A&E
NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.
Women pose as men to buy testosterone online after prescription difficulties
One menopause specialists says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.
People Fixing The World
What can be done to prevent, detect and treat the silent killer, sepsis?
I'm on a mission to convince people to work less
Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.
I'm on a mission to convince people to work less
Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.
